Vehicle-tire.



L. H. FERGUSON.-

VEHJGLB TIRE. APPLIGATION FILED Auaju, 1912.

' ,Patented nee. 30, 1913l wvewtoz t ll l.. Il Il .Q u. A 7.1.1.

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@ZZ-whom it may-ooncern: Be it known that I, LYMAN H.'FERGUS0N,

siersfrarmr ermee 7 LYMAN n. rEnGUsoN, or ITHACA., new YORK, 'Assrenonoronu-THIRD rre QUINCY w. wnnm'ncron 4ann nwo-'minas To THOMAS r. Roenes,Erwin roncn, A Nn Gastos e. A Nnnnws, amor contain-e, New Yorin.:-

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' Appu'cann mea August 17, 1912., 'serial No. 715,632.

a" citizen of; the 'United States,v residing at Ithacain the'county ofTompkins and State offNew York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Vehicle-Tires, of whichthe following is a-specicat-ion.g This invention relates to vehicle tires and.

linore'jparticularly to cushion. tires.

- .Oneof he principal. bjects-'of the inven'- tion. isto provide asimple .and eiicient structure of this character-which will ab'- sorb'all shocks 'in as' equally 'an .efficient manner as the commonly usedpneumatictlre..

' 'Another object of the Ainvention isto prof vide a tire having aplurality"l of partitions extending across the same and connected to'one, side of the tire only, the-opposite edge being free and `retainedin place'by an 1n' tegral rib-formedicnthe opposite sidefof the 'tireand by as' lar partition als'gcon-y l nected therim.

A still furtherobject'of 'theljllvention .is

'Y to construct a tire of thisv character having a plurality bftransversely eirtending 'partitions so arranged that the tire maybeeventually opened after `'molding to. remove the Further objects .bfinvention .will .ap-

- pear-.fas the: following specific" description is fread inlconnectionwith 4the accompanying drawing. Whvhi forms 'a part of .thisapplicationandinwhich; A

'.Figure 1 1s. a sideele'vation withparts.'

broken'away." Fig. 2 is" a transverse sec* tional View' on the line2-.-2`.ot Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 with one half ofthetire spread apart. Fig. 4- is a detail sectional perspective. Fig. 5 isatopv plan view withparts broken 'awayon line 5-5 oFigl. f

Referring more particularly to the drawing 1 represents a'n ordinarywheel and elly which is connected tothe hub, not shown,

by means of'spokes?. and. is provided with.

afsplit rim-3 havingianges V4'to.straddle' the elly l and therebyprevent displacement.v

.The tire is constructedin the manner of or-v dinary pneumatic shoesofan 'annulartubu-i lar body 5 thickened, as-shown, on theI treadi bodyupon vone 'of their to thefopposit'e, side and spaced Jtroni portion andtapering gradually-to. theannula'r rim engaging flanges 7 .The'seiangesare projected laterally as shown'at to per- ..'rgatefntednlee.3o,wie.' i

mit the mounting of retaining rings 9 which are held in position byclipslO andb'olts' 11 'which entend parallel withv the 3 and through'theclips ].Oand-iang'es 7 as shown in Fig. 2. Formed integrally with..the body 5 are partitions 12 whichare connected to the sides only andare nections with the body are. alternated. In

oth'er Vwords lone partition Ais connected to 'oneside and adapted tofreely engage the oppositeside, while the other partition "of Athelpiris connected .tothe opposite' side ot the tireand extends 4acrossvtheinteri'or ofthe same.l Eachpartition .h asts' free edge arrangedbetween the opposite partition and a lretaining rib '.13' secured totheside. of the .tire .as shown in Fig. 5 and'spaced away from,theadjoining partition of the pair o as to--perinit changes inthickness of the par-fv diameter f to. extend'- entirely across theinsideof the tire. vThese parti- "tions are arranged :ein pairs'andtheir' vcontition dueto compression of the same. Each lpair ofpartitions. is of a'thiclmess substantially eqnalto the space '14between the pairs of partitions and these partitions are-preferablyconstructed of sponge rubber vwhile'the tread portion of the tire is ofvulcanized rubber reinforced in the usual manner.

I claimt- A vehicle tire comprising 1an annular body circumferentiallysplit,A means -to hold 'the body in tubular form vupon the rim of aWheel, partitions alternately connected Vto the opposite sides of.the'body-and extendv ing across the interior of the same, saidpartitions being grouped in pairs andcushion ribs arranged adjacentonefpart-itmn and.

'adapted to coact with the connected edge 0i 'the -said partition tohold the 4fr eeedges ot said partitions- Q against, displacement. v-

fi In testimony whereof I vaiilx my signature in presence o twowitnesses.;

Qtr-MAN FERGUSON.

Witnesses;

M MARTIN.

